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The New Orleans Saints will not be picking up the fifth-year option on DE Payton Turner’s contract, according to multiple reports.

Turner, the Saints’ first-round draft selection in the 2021 NFL Draft, has dealt with a rash of injuries in his first few seasons in the Crescent City. When he has been on the field, he has accumulated 38 total tackles and three sacks in three seasons.

This news doesn’t come as a surprise as Turner will now have to stay on the field and produce if he wants to return with the Saints. Otherwise, New Orleans will look to their younger options at edge rusher or...

The New Orleans Saints declined the fifth-year option for defensive end Payton Turner, setting him up to become a free agent next March.

When New Orleans Saints tight end Dallin Holker talked with NFL scouts and coaches this spring, they all wanted to know about one game.

The New Orleans Saints had become something of a pipeline for the Detroit Lions. It started with the 2021 hiring of Dan Campbell, the former Saints tight ends coach who in turn brought a slew of assistants with him. Then…

The New Orleans Saints will be busy running their rookie minicamp this time next week, and now we know which jersey numbers many of their new players will be wearing. But it isn’t just the first-year pros choosing new numbers. Veteran pickups like defensive end Chase Young and linebacker Willie Gay have chosen their jersey numbers, too. And a couple of players who were on the team last year have switched into new digits, like defensive tackle Khalen Saunders.

Expect more changes over the summer as players are shuffled on and off of the roster, freeing up coveted jersey numbers for others — it’s just one example, but there’s a good chance that second-round cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry won’t be wearing No. 34 in the fall. Incidentally, that’s the same number Marshon Lattimore wore as a rookie before moving to No. 23 over the summer, which he’s since made his own. Maybe McKinstry is hoping to do the same.

Here’s the full list of Saints players with new jersey numbers in 2024:

Jersey numbers have been assigned to the New Orleans Saints’ rookies.

The New Orleans Saints had three picks in the fifth round in the NFL Draft on Saturday. With the 175th overall pick, they selected Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford.

This was a good pickup for the Saints as Demario Davis is getting older, and the team lost Zack Baun in free agency. In his first meeting with the media, Ford said he looks up to Demario Davis.

“He’s one of the best linebackers in the league right now.” Ford said, “I’m just glad I get to have this opportunity.”

Ford spent three seasons with the Texas Longhorns. In that span, he played in 49 games (29 starts) with 287 tackles...

The New Orleans Saints drafted Pittsburgh WR Bub Means with the 170th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

The Saints have a good pair of speed receivers with Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed but continue looking to replace veteran Michael Thomas’ presence with a receiver who could make the heavily contested targets. New Orleans drafted 6’5 wide receiver A.T. Perry in the seventh round of last year's draft but continues to look for playmakers and depth at the position.

Means is 6’1 and weighed in at 212 pounds at the NFL combine while also running a 4.43 in the 40-yard dash.

The versatile...

The New Orleans Saints are in better shape after the 2024 NFL draft than they were before it — which is the goal every team has in mind for the annual selection event. But while some players on the team are in better standing than they were a week earlier, others may now find themselves on shakier ground.

So whose stock is up after the 2024 draft? Which Saints players’ stock is down, and who might be feeling some pressure with training camp on the horizon? There are players who made the team last year that may be left on the outside looking in come September. That’s what we’re seeking to answer in our first offseason stock report:

In this week’s poll question we asked which draft pick by the New Orleans Saints, other than their first round pick, were you most excited about.

After 699 votes, Alabama CB Kool-Aid McKinstry won with 59.8% of the vote. McKinstry was a borderline 1st round prospect that the Saints got near the top of the 2nd round. He comes at a position that is in desperate need of depth, as the Saints have been unable to get through a whole season without a starting corner missing significant time over the last few seasons. With arguably the best name in the draft, Kool-Aid comes in with the potential...

Even after drafting a cornerback in the NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints went after another one in the free agent market.

Similarly to the last two second round picks the Saints have made, McKinstry may not sign his contract until training camp.

Dallin Holker was a talented tight end for Colorado State and now experts are eyeing he could make an early impact in the NFL.

The NFL has announced the schedule for the New Orleans Saints upcoming offseason workouts and minicamps for the 2024 season.

Organized Team Activities (OTAs) will be held on May 21st-23rd, May 28th-30th, and June 3rd-6th. Rookie minicamp will be held on May 10th-12th and mandatory minicamp will take place on June 11th-13th.

Per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each club’s official, voluntary nine-week offseason program is conducted in three phases.

Phase Three consists of the final four weeks of the program. Teams may conduct a total of 10 days of organized team practice activity...

We won’t have to wait long for the New Orleans Saints’ 2024 draft class to try out their new uniforms. The NFL announced practice dates for all 32 teams’ upcoming rookie minicamp, organized team activities, and mandatory minicamp sessions.

Here’s when the Saints will be next reporting for work:

Public access to these sessions is usually limited to a few practice dates in June, so stay tuned for official word on when fans will be invited to attend. All of these workouts will be held at the Saints’ practice facility in Metairie before they move operations to UC-Irvine’s campus in Southern...